XTLOCOPA. 539 



biennis, but not so prominent. Black, with black pubescence, 

 very dense on the mesonotum anterior!}', on the sides of the 

 thorax beneath the wings, rhe postscutelhim, and on the legs ; 

 wings purple at base with reddish coppery tints, becoming metallic 

 green towards the apical margins. 



(5 similar, the legs longer, tlie posterior femora incrassate, the 

 posterior tibiee with a broad lamellate projection at apex beneath ; 

 the clypeus at base sometimes, the sides of the face, and a lunular 

 mark on each side of the anterior ocellus whitish yellow ; the 

 thorax anteriorly with a band of whitish-brown pubescence. 



Hah. North-West Provinces ; Sikhim ; Barrackpore : Burma ; 

 Tenasserim ; Ceylon. $. Length 27 -2d ; <',rj). 68 mm. d" . LciKjtli 

 25-27 ; exp. 60-64 mm. 



This species resembles X. auripemiis, but it is larger, and the 

 male is easily distinguished by the yellow lunule on each side of 

 the anterior ocellus. 



944. Xylocopa nigrocaerulea, Smith, Trans. Eat. Soc. 1874, p. 279, $ ; 



Ball. Ton: Cat. x, p. 21o. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen opaque, densely and finely 

 punctured all over, even on the disc of the mesonotum ; clypeus 

 obscurely medially carinate, the carina continued up the front to 

 the anterior ocellus, most prominent between the antennae. Head 

 and thorax dull black ; abdomen deep obscure bottle-green ; pu- 

 bescence black, dark sooty brown on the mesonotum anteriorly ; 

 wings light fuscous brown with a slight purplish lustre, and some- 

 what paler, almost subhyaline on the disc. 



Hub. Celebes ; Ceylon. $ . Length 22 ; exp. 48 mm, 



945. Xylocopa fenestrata. 



Apis feuestrata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Snppl. p. 273, cT. 



Xylocopa indica, Klw/, Mag. n. Entd. yes. Ncdurk., Berlin, i, 1807, 



p. 264. 

 ? Xylocopa lunata, Klug, t. c. p. 2G4, t. vii, fig. 2, $ var. 



5 . Head finely and closely, thorax and abdomen more sparsely 

 punctured, the disc of the mesonotum impiinctate ; clypeus very 

 slightly convex, nearly Bat, widely emarginate anteriorly ; front 

 not carinate ; mesonotum with three obscure, ])arallel, longitu- 

 dinally impressed abbreviated lines. Black, shining, the pubes- 

 cence black, ferruginous along the apex of the anal abdominal seg- 

 ment, sparse except on the intermediate and posterior legs, where 

 it is dense, long, and of a sooty-black colour; third abdominal 

 segment with, sometimes, a minute spiracular lateral impression 

 near its base covered with short yellow pubescence; wings dark 

 fuscous, with a purple and coppery effulgence, and with obscure 

 hyaline lines between the nervures at base. 



S similar, narrower in shape, the wings paler, with the hyaline 

 lines more clearly defined. 



Hah. Throughout India, most plentiful in the North-West 



